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Ask JTF for Sunday, December 14, 2008.

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chicagojew:
Shalom Chaim, I couldn't agree with you more on your opinion of the ADL. Who are your favorite main stream talk show hosts?  Personnally I like Rush Limbaugh, Mark Levin, and Sean Hannity. My least favorite is Keith Olberman, who I think is Jewish, I can't stand him.

zachor_ve_kavod:
Dear Chaim,

All I know about Baruch Goldstein is what the media says about him.  They call him a Jewish terrorist who killed 29 muslims.  Last week, I heard you say that you consider him to be a Jewish hero.  Can you explain your perspective on Baruch Goldstein please?

Thanks,

Zachor_ve_kavod.

Sefardic Panther:
Shalom Mr Ben Pesach,

Did you support the Black Panthers? (I am of course talking about the Sefardic movement in Israel not the monkeys in America)

Toda raba

Daleksfearme:
Shalom Chaim,

Recently there have been a number of Holocaust oriented movies released. Do you feel that this is an appropriate way to bring the horror of the attempted genocide of the Jewish people to the young people of today? How would you insure that the Holocaust will never be forgotten by teens who idolize and memorize the life history of music and sports stars, but are so uneducated about history?

Daniel:
Chaim,

What I am about to confess here is going to deeply disappoint you and perhaps even get me banned. But I am tired of hiding in the closet about this. So I will admit this once and for all.

I voted for Barack Obama and I am happy that he won. I have listened to everything that you have said about him with an open mind. While I understand your concerns, I just don't buy into all of the fear, paranoia, and urban legends that you and many others have spread about him. I don't believe that he is some evil insidious leader who plots to destroy America and Israel, I don't believe that he is just like Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson, and I certainly don't believe that he is going to invite them over to "pish and [censored] all over the White House." If anything, my only fear is that he might end up being another JFK who was young, charismatic, and charming and who made some really bad decisions with foreign policy. I think it's possible that Iran might end up being to Obama what Cuba was to Kennedy. But if this does happen, I think it would be a result of youth and inexperience and not a result of being some evil leader who is hell bent on destroying this country.

I think that Obama will do a lot of great things for public education, much or all of which you will probably disagree with and I understand that. I can certainly understand if you and the other forum members are upset with me about all this and I'd completely understand if you and the administrators wish to ban me. But I'd just like to make it abundantly clear that I still love Israel and the Jewish people very much and that I don't believe that I need to hate and fear Obama in order to love and support Israel and the Jewish people. I don't think that my vote makes me a self-hating Jew.

I am prepared to accept whatever decision you and the administrators will do about this and I will respect your decision either way. I apologize for expressing something which I'm sure will bring great displeasure and anger, but this is something I feel like I need to get off my chest and be open and honest about after all this time.

Daniel

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